JPH06279715A - Method for electrodeposition coating of substrate - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to water-dispersible binders for cationic electro-dip paints which are reaction products of (A) low molecular weight epoxy resins containing aromatic groups and having an epoxide equivalent weight under 375, (B) aliphatic and/or alicyclic poly-functional alcohols and/or carboxylic acids having a molecular weight under 350, (C) elasticized polyphenols having a molecular weight over 350 and (D) primary and/or secondary amines and/or their salts, the reaction product of A and B having a content of aromatic groups, calculated as phenylene group, of 10-45%.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the use of electrocoating a conductively connected substrate as an anode from an aqueous bath based on a cationic binder which is at least partially neutralized with acid. The above electrodeposition coating method is such that the agent is made self-crosslinking by reaction or the bath contains an additional crosslinking agent.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Cationic water-dispersible synthetic resins as binders for electrodeposition coating lacquers are known. For example, in German Patent Application DE 2701002, a resin of this type which is a reaction product of a polyepoxy having a molecular weight of at least 350, a secondary amine and an organic polyol having at least two alcoholic primary hydroxyl groups is disclosed. Is listed. The resin is formed by extending the chain length of a polymeric polyepoxy having at least two epoxy groups per molecule. Stretching of chain length is obtained with organic polyols and water dispersibility is achieved by adding secondary amines.

The above-mentioned and other known synthetic resins for anodic electrodeposition coating are often used in basecoats, that is to say the objects coated with this synthetic resin contain additional coating layers. However, the resin known in the prior art can only obtain a coating having an extremely thin layer thickness. That is, West German Patent Application Publication No. 270100
No. 2 discloses that the achievable layer thickness is only 11.4-18 μm. Where coatings have high requirements for corrosion resistance and surface quality, for example coatings for automobiles and other expensive goods, the so-called filler is conventionally used as an additional layer between the electrodeposition coating basecoat and the coating lacquer. It was common practice to apply. This is expensive and costly. Therefore, it is desired to improve the electrodeposition coating method so that a larger layer thickness can be obtained by this method.
In an experiment to increase the layer thickness, it was clarified that when the electrolytic pressure was increased above the breaking pressure, the film surface was damaged by tearing of the layer. At the same time, extending the coating time increases the layer thickness, but this increase cannot be continued arbitrarily, because the upper limit of the layer thickness is caused by the electrical resistance of the film, which is usually detected. In that case, the growth of the layer thickness is no longer actually obtained. Water-dispersible binders for cationic electrodeposition coating lacquers are known from DE-A 31 08 073, which give higher layer thicknesses of deposited films. Although this known binder also yields coatings with excellent properties, the problem exists of further improving the elasticity of the coating produced by modifying the binder.

Surprisingly, the binder used is not chain-stretched with an aliphatic diol, but when polyphenols are used for this it is possible to obtain coatings with markedly improved properties. found. In West German Patent Application Publication No. 2701002, it is pointed out that a side reaction may occur between the secondary hydroxyl group of the epoxy resin and the oxirane group still remaining when the chain length is stretched with the aliphatic polyol. In particular, this side reaction increases at the ends of the chain structure. An advantage of the present invention is that it has the potential to obviously lead to molecular synthesis due to increased reactivity and selectivity upon chain length extension.

[0005]

The fundamental problem of the present invention is to:
Obtaining an electrodeposition coating process in which the binder for cationic electrodeposition coating lacquer is made self-crosslinking by reaction or the bath contains an additional crosslinking agent, which results in a high elasticity and a good course with increasing layer thickness It is in.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] This problem is solved in the electrodeposition coating method of the type described first, in which the binder is A) an epoxy resin having a low molecular weight of 375 and an epoxy equivalent, and B) a molecular weight of 350 or less. Reaction production of an aliphatic and / or alicyclic polyfunctional alcohol and / or carboxylic acid, C) an elasticized polyphenol having a molecular weight of 350 or less, D) a primary and / or secondary amine and / or an ammonium salt And is solved by the fact that the reaction products from A and B contain 10-45% of aromatic groups calculated as phenylene groups.

In particular, when electrodepositing a substrate electrically conductively connected as the cathode from an aqueous bath based on a cationic binder which is at least partially neutralized with acid, the binder is A) an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent of 375 or less and containing a low molecular weight aromatic group, B) an aliphatic and / or alicyclic polyfunctional alcohol or carboxylic acid having an average molecular weight of 350 or less, and a reaction product of phenylene. The resulting intermediate product is reacted such that it contains 10-45% by weight of aromatic groups, calculated as groups, C) containing at least 2 hydroxyl groups and having a molecular weight of 35.
Further modified with the addition of an epoxy group with 0 or more compounds,
The reaction products of A), B) and C) are obtained by further reacting D) with primary and / or secondary amines or ammonium salts to obtain the required water dispersibility, the binder being reacted It is crosslinkable by itself or the bath contains an additional crosslinker and as component C) for preparing said binder, components A), B), C).
And 5) 40% by weight, based on the sum of D), of an elastic polyphenol, which has the general formula described above:

[0008]

[Chemical 3]

[Wherein X is an alkylene group, an arylene group,
Alkarylene group, oxygen atom, O-alkylene group, O-
Arylene group, O-alkalylene group, sulfur atom, S-
Alkylene group, S- arylene group, S- alkarylene group, -CO- group, CO- alkylene group, CO- arylene group, CO- alkarylene group, -SO ₂ - group, SO ₂ -
Represents an alkylene group, SO ₂ -arylene group, SO ₂ -alkalylene group, NH group, NH-alkylene group, NH-arylene group, NH-alkalylene group, x represents 0 or 1, Y represents X,

[0010]

[Chemical 4]

Represents an alkylene group based on an alkylene group, polyester, polyether, polyamide, polycarbonate or polyurethane, and R represents a hydrogen atom, a CH ₃ group, an alkyl group, a —O—CH ₃ group, a — O
-Alkyl group, NO ₂ group, -NR ' ₂ group, -NR'R "
Group, representing an —NHCOR ″ ″ group].

The molecular weight of component C is 530-3000 and the amount of component C is 5-40% by weight, based on the total binder.

As the substrate, any conductive substrate can be used for electrodeposition. In that case usually metal substrates such as iron, steel, shells, zinc, brass, tin, nickel, chromium and aluminium, as well as other metals, pretreated metals,
Phosphorylated or chromated metal. Impregnated paper and other conductive substrates can also be used.

In the case of cationic electrodeposition, the object to be coated is immersed in an aqueous dispersion of a dissolved film-forming cationic binder. A voltage is applied between the object to be coated, which is used as the cathode, and the anode, and a cationic binder is precipitated on the cathode by means of an electric current. The subject is then removed from the bath and generally washed. The coating is then cured by heating in the usual way.

In the above general formula, the more highly polymeric radical Z is particularly preferably used for the elasticity.

Polyepoxy is suitable as the low molecular weight aromatic group-containing epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent of 375 or less, which is the component A. In the present invention, as a polyepoxy,
Materials containing more than one epoxy group in the molecule can be used. Preference is given to compounds having two epoxy groups in the molecule. The polyepoxy has a relatively low molecular weight of up to 750, preferably 400-500. Polyepoxy is a polyglycidyl ether of a polyphenol such as bisphenol A. The polyepoxy can be prepared by etherifying a polyphenol with epihalohydrin in the presence of alkali.
Examples of suitable phenolic compounds are bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) -2,2-propane, 4,4'-dihydroxybenzophenone, bis- (4-hydroxyphenyl).
-1,1-ethane, bis- (4-hydroxyphenyl)
-1,1-isobutane and hydantoin epoxy.

Other suitable polyepoxides are the polyglycidyl ethers of phenolic novolac resins.

Polyglycidyl esters of aromatic polycarboxylic acids can be used particularly advantageously.

As the component B, an aliphatic and / or alicyclic polyfunctional alcohol or carboxylic acid having a molecular weight of 350 or less is used. It preferably exhibits a branched aliphatic chain with at least one neo structure.

Suitable compounds correspond to the general formula:

[0021]

[Chemical 5]

[Wherein Y represents an OH group or a COOH group,
X is (CH ₂ ) _n ,

[0023]

[Chemical 6]

Wherein R ¹ , R ² and R ³ represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and a represents 0 or 1
, B is 0 or 1, 1 is 0 to 10, m and n are 1 to 1.
Representing 0] Examples include: diols such as ethylene glycol, diglycol, dipropylene glycol, dibutylene glycol, triglycol, 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 2, 2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol, 2,2-diethyl-1,3-propanediol, 2
-Methyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol, 2
-Methyl-2-propyl-1,3-propanediol,
2-ethyl-2-butyl-1,3-propanediol,
1,2-butanediol, 1,4-butanediol,
2,3-butanediol, 2-ethyl-1,4-butanediol, 2,2-diethyl-1,3-butanediol, butene-2-diol-1,4,1,2-pentanediol, 1, 5-pentanediol, 3-methyl-
1,5-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 2,5-hexanediol, 2-ethyl-1,3-
Hexanediol, 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-hexanediol, 1,3-octanediol, 4,5-nonanediol, 2,10-decanediol, 2-hydroxyethyl-hydroxyacetate, 2,2-dimethyl −
3-hydroxypropyl-2,2-dimethylhydroxypropionate, 2-methyl-2-propyl-3-hydroxypropyl-2-methyl-2-propylhydroxypropionate, 4,4'-methylenebiscyclohexane and 4 , 4'-isopropylidene biscyclohexanol.

Some preferred diols are 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol, 3-methyl-1,5.
-Pentanediol, 2,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethylhydroxypropionate and 4,4'-isopropylidenebiscyclohexanol.

Carboxylic acids for component B include a number of dicarboxylic acids as described in West German Patent Application No. 3108073.

The reaction of the compound of component B with the component A is such that the reaction product is calculated as a phenylene group and the aromatic group is from 10 to 10.
It is carried out at a ratio such that it contains 45%.

The epoxy resin has a chain lengthened by the component C. The amount of component C is 5-40% by weight, based on the total binder. Suitable polyphenols of component C correspond to the general formula given above:

[0029]

[Chemical 7]

Component C) can advantageously be obtained, for example, as follows: 1 mol of a high molecular weight diol, such as polyester diol, polycaprolactone diol, polyether diol, polycarbonate diol,
It is esterified with 2 mol of hydroxyphenylcarboxylic acid or reacted with 2 mol of hydroxyphenylcarboxylic acid ester. Suitable hydroxycarboxylic acids are n-hydroxybenzoic acid, n-hydroxyphenylacetic acid and 3-
(4-hydroxyphenyl-) propionic acid or its ester. If the attachment of the hydroxyphenyl group is carried out by transesterification, a basic transesterification can also be carried out, for which the corresponding alkali metal phenolate of the hydroxyphenylcarboxylic acid ester can be used. After completion of the reaction, the product must be treated with acid to obtain the desired polyphenol.

For direct esterification, for example, N-
It is also possible to use (4-hydroxyphenyl-) glycine. In another variant, any acidic polyester can be reacted with n-hydroxyaniline to convert it to the desired polyphenol.

In another preferred embodiment, polyether diamines or similar polyamines are used, for example 4-hydroxy-3.
-React to polyphenols by reacting with methoxybenzaldehyde.

The amines used for the reaction with epoxy compounds as component D) may be primary, secondary or tertiary, secondary amines being particularly preferred. The primary and secondary amines can be attached directly to the epoxy compound ring and the tertiary amine can be attached only in the form of its ammonium salt or by another functional group in the molecule. The amine is preferably a compound soluble in water. Examples of such amines are monoalkylamines and dialkylamines such as methylamine, ethylamine, propiamine, butylamine, dimethylamine, diethylamine, dipropylamine, methylbutylamine and the like. Suitable are also alkanolamines, such as methylethanolamine, diethanolamine and the like. Furthermore, dialkylaminoalkylamines such as dimethylaminoethylamine, diethylaminopropylamine and the like are suitable.

In most cases low molecular weight amines are used, but higher molecular weight amines can also be used, especially if the flexibility of the resin is increased by the introduction of such amines. Similarly, mixtures of low and high molecular weight amines can be used to modify the properties of the resin.

Polyamines containing primary and secondary amino groups can be converted into their ketimine form containing epoxy groups. Ketimines are obtained from polyamines in a known manner.

The amine may still have other groups, but this group should not impair the reaction of the amine with the epoxy groups and should not lead to gelation of the reaction mixture.

The reaction of amines with compounds containing epoxy groups often already occurs when the substances are mixed. However, in some cases, moderately elevated temperatures, for example 50 ° C to 15 ° C
Heating to 0 ° C is desired, but the reaction is possible at low and high temperatures. Often, it is preferable to increase the temperature at least slightly for a sufficient time at the end of the reaction to bring the reaction to completion, thereby ensuring a complete reaction.

The reaction with the epoxy-containing compound is such that the resin takes on the character of cations, that is, when the resin becomes soluble by the addition of acid, it migrates to the cathode in the paint bath under the influence of voltage. At least a sufficient amount of amine should be used. In general, all epoxy groups on the resin can be reacted with amines. However, it is also possible to keep excess epoxy groups in the resin which hydrolyze on contact with water to form hydroxyl groups.

Another way to obtain the required water dispersibility is to:
The use of the reaction product of masonich base, a suitable phenol having a group suitable for reaction with an epoxy ring, with formaldehyde and a secondary amine as component D. This allows the binder to simultaneously crosslink itself.

Further, the amine is Tscherniac-Einhor.
n-Michael) -Adduct can be added to the epoxy resin. This adduct is obtained by the following synthetic method. Phenol is first reacted with methylol (meth) acrylamide to the Tscherniac-Einhorn-intermediate product, after which an amine is added to this double bond. The final product can react with the epoxy groups of the binder by means of phenolic groups.

Salts of amines can also be used instead of or together with the amines. As the amine salt, a tertiary amine salt can be used. Can be used, acids suitable for the neutralization of the amine include other acids having a larger dissociation constant than boric acid or boric acid, an organic acid having a greater dissociation constant than preferably from about 1 × 10 ~ ⁵ . The preferred acid is acetic acid. Examples of other acids are formic acid,
Lactic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, and carbonic acid.

The amine component of the amine-acid salt is an amine which may be unsubstituted or substituted as in the case of hydroxylamine, in which case this substituent is
It should not impair the reaction of the amine-acid salt with the polyepoxy compound and should not gel the reaction mixture. Preferred amines are tertiary amines such as dimethylethanolamine, triethylamine, trimethylamine, triisopropylamine and the like. Examples of other suitable amines are described in US Pat. No. 3,839,252, column 5, line 3 to column 7, line 42.

The amine-acid salt mixture is obtained by reacting an amine with an acid in a known manner. Amine-acid mixtures can also be used as long as they generally react under the formation of acid salts.

The reaction temperature for the reaction of the amine-acid salt with the polyepoxy compound is the lowest temperature at which the reaction proceeds at a significant rate, eg room temperature or a temperature slightly above room temperature to a maximum temperature of about 10 to 100 ° C. Can vary between. A solvent is not necessary in the case of this reaction, even if it is often added because it allows better control of the reaction. Suitable solvents are aromatic hydrocarbons or monoalkyl ethers of ethylene glycol.

The particular starting materials, proportions of amounts and reaction conditions are chosen to prevent gelation of the product during the reaction, in line with well-known experience. Thus, for example, overly aggressive reaction conditions are not used. Similarly,
Starting materials with reactive substituents that can react with epoxy compounds are not utilized. This is because this starting material can adversely influence the reaction.

According to the invention, in order to obtain a coating of high stability using a binder, it is necessary to add to the electrodeposition lacquer a crosslinking agent which causes crosslinking of the binder at elevated temperature, or a binder. Is preferably modified so that it has a responsive group that undergoes self-crosslinking at elevated temperatures. Self-crosslinking systems are
Partially blocked polyisocyanates of binders, which on average have one free isocyanate group per molecule, the blocked isocyanate groups being stable and elevated at room temperature (Unblocked at different temperatures) and hydroxyl groups formed by ring opening of the epoxy ring under urethane formation. Binder is component D
It can be self-crosslinkable by charging the Mannich base described above as.

The methods often used to crosslink binders are disclosed, for example, in the following publications: West German Patent Application Publication No. 20577799, Specification, European Patent Application Nos. 12463 and 4090. And West German Patent Application Publication No. 2752256.

If a crosslinker is utilized, it generally comprises from about 5 to about 60% by weight of the binder. Preferably, it is about 20 to about 40% by weight with respect to the binder. Examples of suitable aminoplast crosslinkers are hexamethyl ether of hexamethylol melamine, triethyl methyl ether of hexamethylol melamine, hexabutyl ether of hexamethylol melamine and hexamethyl ether of hexamethylol melamine and polymeric butylated melamine formaldehyde resin. .

Urea-aldehyde crosslinkers can be obtained in a known manner by reacting urea and aldehyde up to the resol stage and alkylating the reaction product under alcoholic acid conditions, where the alkylation takes place. Urea aldehyde resin is obtained. One example of a suitable crosslinking agent based on urea aldehyde resin is butylated urea formaldehyde resin.

Blocked polyisocyanates can also be used as crosslinking agents. In this case, any polyisocyanate whose isocyanate groups react with the compound can be utilized, so that the blocked polyisocyanates formed are stable to hydroxyl groups at room temperature, but generally about 90 ℃ ~ 3
Reacts at elevated temperatures in the range of 00 ° C. In obtaining a blocked polyisocyanate, any organic polyisocyanate suitable for crosslinking can be used.

The organic polyisocyanates used as crosslinkers may be prepolymers derived from polyols including, for example, polyether polyols or polyester polyols.

For blocking the polyisocyanate,
Any suitable aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic alkyl monoalcohol can be used. Other suitable sequestrants are hydroxylamine and secondary amines.

Blocked polyisocyanates are obtained by reacting a sufficient amount of capping agent with an organic polyisocyanate, so that the free isocyanate groups are
It no longer exists. The reaction between the organic polyisocyanate and the sequestrant is an exothermic reaction. Therefore, the polyisocyanate and the blocking agent are preferably mixed at temperatures below 80 ° C., in particular below 50 ° C., in order to adversely affect the exothermic effect.

A) A low molecular weight aromatic group-containing epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent of 375 or less, and B) an aliphatic and / or alicyclic polyfunctional alcohol or carboxylic acid having an average molecular weight of 350 or less, and a phenylene group. The reaction is carried out so as to obtain a reaction product containing 10 to 45% by weight of an aromatic group, and the resulting intermediate product is C) added with an epoxy group with a compound having at least two hydroxyl groups and a molecular weight of 350 or more. While further denaturing,
Bonding for cationic electrodeposition coating lacquers by further reacting the reaction products of A), B) and C) with D) further reaction with primary and / or secondary amines or ammonium salts to obtain the required water dispersibility. The process for preparing the agent uses as component C) from 5 to 40% by weight, based on the sum of components A), B), C) and D), of an elasticized polyphenol, which has the general formula:

[0055]

[Chemical 8]

This corresponds to

The process is described in detail below: 100 to 140 ° C., preferably 115 to 1 ° C., with mixing of components A and B, optionally with addition of a catalyst such as a tertiary amine.
Completely react at a temperature of 35 ° C. The reaction is checked by epoxy equivalent. The reaction product of components A and B can optionally be further modified with component C at temperatures of from 100 to 140 ° C. This reaction can also be controlled based on the epoxy equivalent. The reaction product thus obtained still contains free epoxy groups.

The same catalysts used in the reaction of components A and B can be used in this reaction step. The reaction product thus obtained is reacted with component D at a temperature of 90 to 140 ° C. to give a binder containing a basic amino group.
The basic reaction product can be fully or partially protonated by addition of acid and subsequently dispersed in water. The cross-linking agent is mixed with the binder before being dispersed in water or added during the production of the binder depending on the reactivity. In the case of partially blocked polyisocyanates, this is reacted with the binder at a temperature of 80 to 150 ° C., preferably 100 to 130 ° C. The binder obtained is stable,
It is a dispersion that can be processed well. In some cases it may be advantageous to dissolve the binder in a suitable organic solvent before preparing the dispersion. Suitable solvents are, for example, glycol ethers, ethyl glycols, butyl glycols, ketones such as ethyl diethyl ketone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone and others.

Furthermore, in order to give the electrodeposition synthetic resin sufficient cationic character, the neutralizable nitrogen is generally maintained, preferably between 0.3 and 3 milliequivalents per gram of total resin solids.

According to the invention, the aqueous dispersions of synthetic resin products are very suitable as coatings, especially for obtaining coatings by electrodeposition. However, the coating can also be applied to the substrate in the usual manner and method. For dispersion in water, the resinous product is neutralized to form cationic groups, such as salts of tertiary amines and, in the case of hydrolyzed ketimine-containing resins, salts of primary amines.

Neutralization of the product is obtained by conversion of some or all of the amino groups with a water-soluble acid such as formic acid, acetic acid or phosphoric acid. The degree of neutralization depends on the particular resin, and it is generally sufficient to add an acid such that the resin is dispersible in water.

The concentration of the resinous product in the aqueous medium depends on the processing parameters to be used, but is generally unimportant. Usually water forms the major part of the aqueous dispersion. Aqueous dispersions include, for example, from about 5 to about 50 weight percent resin solids
May be included.

The electrodeposition coating bath may contain conventional pigments. Often a dispersant or surfactant is added to the pigment.
The pigment and optionally the surface-active agent are milled together with part of the binder or alone to produce a paste which is mixed with the remaining binder to produce a coating.

In many cases, it is advantageous to add nonionic modifiers or solvents to the electrodeposition coating bath in order to improve dispersibility, viscosity and / or film properties. Examples of this type of material are aliphatic, naphthenic and aromatic hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof, mono- and di-alkyl ethers of glycols,
Siberian fish needle oil and other solvents compatible with resin systems.

Further, other additives such as an antioxidant can be added to the electrodeposition coating bath. Examples of this are ortho-amylphenol or cresol. The addition of antioxidants of this kind is particularly desirable when the electrodeposition bath is exposed to atmospheric oxygen at elevated temperatures and under prolonged contact.

Other additives which the bath may optionally contain are wetting agents such as petroleum sulfonates, sulfated fatty amines or amides thereof, alkylphenoxypolyethylenealkanols or phosphates, ethoxylated alkylphenolphosphates. Another group of possible additives are suds suppressors and suspending agents. Conventional tap water can be used to form the electrodeposition bath. However, this type of water contains a relatively large amount of salt, which can cause undesirable changes during electrodeposition. Therefore, deionized water is generally preferred.

Not all of the possible additives listed above are included. This is because it is not possible to utilize any other additive that does not interfere with electrodeposition.

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EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail with reference to Examples and Examples. Here, “parts” and “%” are “parts by weight” and “% by weight” unless otherwise specified.

Reference Example Production of Crosslinking Agent I A reactor equipped with a heating device, a cooler, a stirrer, a thermometer, an outlet conduit guided to a washing device and a device for introducing nitrogen was charged with toluylene diisocyanate. 12280
Parts (mixture from about 80% 2,4-toluylene diisocyanate and about 20% 2,6-toluylene diisocyanate) are fed. Introduce nitrogen and connect the cooler.
2-ethylhexanol 5550.5 in the course of 5 hours
Parts are gradually added, in which case the temperature gradually rises to 50 ° C. While maintaining the temperature of 50 ° C., further 3649.5 parts of 2-ethylhexanol are added during the course of 4 hours. The reaction mixture is held at 50 ° C. for 75 minutes, then the condenser is shut off and 3.6 parts of dibutyltin dilaurate are added. A heating device is connected and the reaction mixture is heated to 65 ° C. in the course of 45 minutes. During 2 hours and 50 minutes
3,184 parts of 1,1-trimethylolpropane were added,
In this case, the temperature rises from 65 ° C to 120 ° C. The reaction mixture is held at this temperature for 90 minutes and then 10560 parts of 2-ethoxyethanol are added. The product produced is a solution of polyurethane crosslinker.

Preparation of Crosslinker II 2340 g of glycidyl ester of 2-methyl-2-ethylheptanoic acid are heated to 130 ° C. in a reaction vessel together with 2073 g of trimellitic anhydride. In this case, a violent exothermic reaction occurs. The reaction is held at 150 ° C by external cooling until an acid number of 183 is obtained. Then 9
Cool to 0 ° C. and add MIBK * 1450 g. Subsequently, 835 g of propylene oxide are slowly added dropwise. The reaction is stopped at oxidation 2. The solid of the resin solution is replaced with another MIB
Adjust to 70% with K *.

* MIBK = Production of methyl isobutyl ketone elastic polyphenol I In a suitable reaction vessel having a protective gas introduction tube, 500 g of polycaprolactone diol (OH number 210.9) and p
Charge 286 g of hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester. The mixture is heated to 140 ° C. and homogenized. After that, 3.9 g of tin octoate is added and heated to 180 ° C. In this case, the removal of methanol starts. After termination of the withdrawal, stirring is continued for 1 hour at 180 ° C., after which the product is cooled.

Production of elastic polyphenol II The procedure is the same as for the production of polyphenol I, but instead of polycaprolactone diol (OH number 152), 695 g of polytetrahydrofuran diol are used.

Production of elastic polyphenol III In a suitable reactor, 550 g of adibic acid, 262 g of neopentyl glycol, 49 g of xylol and 0.8 g of dibutyltin oxide are charged and heated. Water separation begins at 132 ° C. The temperature is gradually raised to 186 ° C and held at this temperature until the corresponding amount of water has been centrifuged (9
0 g). Then it is cooled to 100 ° C. and 274 g of p-aminophenol are added. Then raise the temperature again,
At 162 ° C., the water starts to separate again. Gradually increase the temperature to 18
The temperature is raised to 5 ° C. and this temperature is kept constant until 45 g of water have been removed. After that, the xylol is distilled off. The polyphenol is preheated to 100 ° C. in order to introduce the elastic binder into the resin.

[0074] Commercially available epoxy resins 1041g for bisphenol A based in manufacturing output suitable 5 l-reactor of the binder I (epoxy equivalent 18
8), xylol 79 g and neopentyl glycol 1
Charge 44 g and heat to 125 ° C. Then 4.7 ml of dimethylbenzylamine are added and heated to 130 ° C. Immediately upon reaching the epoxide equivalent weight of 417, 358 g of elastic polyphenol I, 19 g of xylol and 1.8 ml of dimethylbenzylamine are added and heated to 160 ° C. As soon as the epoxide equivalent of 1233 is reached, 1202 g of Crosslinker I, 133 g of ketimine and 82 g of methylethanolamine are added and the reaction is further carried out at 115 ° C. for 1 hour. Then 38 g of propylene glycol monomethyl ether is added and mixed for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, a dispersion bath is prepared from 1927 g deionized water, 31.9 g glacial acetic acid, 11.5 g butyl glycol and 11.5 g commercial defoamer. 2500g of the above resin solution
To disperse. After 1 hour, add 1187 g of deionized water and mix for 30 minutes.

Solids 38.2% pH value 7.2 MEQ-acid 0.2880 MEQ-base 0.6243 Preparation of binder II Working corresponding to the procedure for binder I, but in this case elasticity Polyphenol II and crosslinker II are used.

Epoxy resin (EEW 188) 913 parts Xylol 36 parts Neopentyl glycol 127 parts Dimethylbenzylamine 3.6 parts Polyphenol II 547 parts Dimethylbenzylamine 2.8 parts Crosslinker II 1202 parts Ketimine 100 parts Methylethanolamine 72 parts Propylene glycol monophenyl ether 127 parts Ethyl glycol 38 parts Resin solution 2500 parts Deionized water 1855 parts Glacial acetic acid 27 parts Defoamer 10 parts Butyl glycol 10 parts Deionized water 1164 parts This dispersion is then heated to 60 ° C in vacuum. To do. In this case, 301 ml of organic phase is taken out. After cooling, this dispersion is filtered. This dispersion has the following characteristic values: Solid (30 ′, 150 ° C.) 37.2% pH value 6.8 MEQ-acid 0.3142 MEQ-base 0.5918 Preparation of binder III Binder I The procedure is analogous to the procedure for, but in this case elastic polyphenol II is used.

Epoxy resin (EEW 188) 966 parts Xylol 38 parts Neopentyl glycol 133 parts Dimethylbenzylamine 3.8 parts Polyphenol II 480 parts Dimethylbenzylamine 3 parts Crosslinker I 1201 parts Ketimine 103 parts Methylethanolamine 75 parts Propylene glycol Monophenyl ether 127 parts Ethyl glycol 38 parts Resin solution 2500 parts Deionized water 1855 parts Glacial acetic acid 29 parts Defoamer 10 parts Butyl glycol 10 parts Deionized water 1165 parts Dispersion III characteristic value Solid (30 ', 150 ° C) 35.1% pH value 7.3 MEQ-acid 0.3098 MEQ-base 0.6301 Production of gray mill pigments Commercially available epoxy resin based on bisphenol A having an epoxy equivalent of 8% butyl glycol in 953 parts. 80
Add 0 parts. The mixture is heated to 80 ° C. Next, 221 parts of a reaction product from 101 parts of diethanolamine and 120 parts of 80% lactic acid aqueous solution is added to this resin solution. The reaction is carried out at 80 ° C. until the oxidation is reduced below 1.

1800 parts of this product are added to deionized water 244
Charge with 7 parts and mix with 2460 parts TiO ₂ , 590 parts aluminum silicate based extender, 135 parts lead silicate and 37 parts carbon black. This mixture is crushed in a mill with Hegmann-fineness 5-7.
Crush into Thereafter, 1255 parts of deionized water are added to obtain the desired paste consistency. This gray paste is extremely storage stable.

EXAMPLE Preparation of electrodeposition coating bath and deposition of lacquer coating 2000 parts by weight of each of the above binder dispersions are mixed with 775 parts by weight of gray mill pigment. Bath solids with deionized water 20
% (150 ° C., 30 ′). The bath is then aged for 3 days with stirring. The lacquer coating is deposited for 2 minutes on a zinc phosphate treated sheet. In this case, the bath temperature is 27 ° C. 180 deposited film
Bake for 20 minutes at ° C.

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 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Gunther Otto Germany Federal Republic of Munster-Wolbekfon-Horte-Strasse 101 Ar (72) Inventor Georg Schön Efelswinkel Schillerstraße 2

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. When electrocoating a substrate electrically conductively connected as an anode from an aqueous bath based on a cationic binder which is at least partially neutralized with acid, the binder self-crosslinks by reaction. In the above electrodeposition coating method, wherein the binder is A) or an epoxy resin having a low molecular weight of 375 or less, an aromatic group-containing epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent of 375 or less, and B) having a molecular weight of 350 or less. , Aliphatic and / or alicyclic polyfunctional alcohols and / or carboxylic acids, C) elasticized polyphenols having a molecular weight of 350 or more, D) reaction products of primary and / or secondary amines and / or ammonium salts And a reaction product from A and B contains 10 to 45% of aromatic groups calculated as phenylene groups, the method of electrodeposition coating a substrate. 2. A process according to claim 1, wherein component A is a bisphenol A based epoxy resin. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein component A is a polyglycidyl ester. 4. The component according to claim 1, wherein component B is a diol or dicarboxylic acid having a branched aliphatic chain.
The method according to any one of the above. 5. The process according to claim 1, wherein component B is a diol or carboxylic acid having at least one neo structure. 6. The component C has the following general formula: [In the formula, X is an alkylene group, an arylene group, an alkarylene group, an oxygen atom, an O-alkylene group, an O-arylene group, an O-alkalylene group, a sulfur atom, an S-alkylene group, an S-arylene group, an S-alkenyl group. Rylene group, -CO
-Group, CO-alkylene group, CO-arylene group, CO
- alkarylene group, -SO ₂ - group, SO ₂ - alkylene group, SO ₂ - arylene group, SO ₂ - alkarylene groups,
NH group, NH-alkylene group, NH-arylene group, N
Represents an H-alkalylene group, x represents 0 or 1, Y represents X, and Represents an alkylene group based on an alkylene group, polyester, polyether, polyamide, polycarbonate or polyurethane, R represents a hydrogen atom, C
H ₃ group, an alkyl group, -O-CH ₃ group, -O- alkyl, NO ₂ group, -NR _'2 group, -NR'R "group, -NHC
A method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, corresponding to "representing an OR"'group. 7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the molecular weight of component C is 530 to 3000. 8. The amount of component C is 5-4 based on the total binder.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, which is 0% by weight.